Given name
Sirius
“resembling the brightest star”
Sirius is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “resembling the brightest star.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “resembling the brightest star.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sirius through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 729
- 724 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 61 babies
- 2025
- 33
- #3,500 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 33 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,500 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 437 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sirius’s family of names
Sirius has a related form in Syrius. In Latin usage, Sirius has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Syriusz.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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